I find myself filled with so much disgust and disbelief about the events of the past two days that Im left with little to say. The more I think and talk about it, the more upset I become, so Ill leave it with this little speech:
A wheelbarrow to buy bread? Or, why Im a just a bit disappointed about the events of the second of November.
Yesterday was a dark day for the United States of America, and for the world. I recall the mood of Americans on September 12, 2001. People robotically milled about their day-to-day activities, in shock and disbelief about the events of the previous day. As I wandered about campus, I could not help but notice the same atmosphere. Peoples backs slumped; the buzz of conversation usually present in the halls and courtyards was muted. I saw people embrace, crying. The looks in their eyes as they greeted each other with a hand gently on the others shoulder, lips tight, could only be described as mourning.
September Eleventh killed about three thousand people. In Iraq alone, since the American invasion, a recent report published in a British journal based on research done by John Hopkins and Columbia Universities, estimated the death toll at over 100,000.
Affixed to the overpasses on the highways, I saw two American flags displayed upside down. Below them, in large, black letters, hung a sign reading, help.
This isnt just a matter of disappointment at your favored candidate losing and the other guy winning. This is a catastrophic, world-changing event. Not just the events of the next four years were laid out today, for the upcoming administrations policies, uninhibited by the pressure of re-election, will make a series of decisions that could shape the course of America for the next generation.
This is the ruler who will replace up to three Supreme Court justices. This administration advocates the rescinding of the separation of church and State, supports unwinding decades of human and civil rights, and believes it is a wise step to protect us through the modification of the United States Constitution to enforce discriminatory prejudices. This is the man who will preside over the national debt exceeding ten trillion dollars. Thirteen zeroes, folks.
And some fifty-seven MILLION people cast their lots with him.
It is gut wrenching to know that this didnt happen randomly; this catastrophe is of our own making.
Is America doomed? I dont know. We will survive today, and we will survive tomorrow. The end of our Union is not inevitable -- just yet.
But this is the man that may end up replacing Alan Greenspan. As the worlds economic and political community shies away from us, we will now be accelerating research into new tactical nuclear devices, as well as deploying a multbilliondollar anti-Ballistic missile shield. Can each of those fifty-seven million people afford to pay ten thousand dollars a year from their own pockets to cover this administrations fiscal policies?
The party in power preaches that theyd rather leave the money of Americans in their own hands. I find it terribly ironic, then, that they are so willing to spend that of our children, and our grandchildren. Some day, the piper will come for his due. Sooner or later, someone will decide that perhaps they dont need to loan another trillion dollars to the United States. At some point, the government may pass the hat around the world and have it come back empty. Im not saying a complete collapse of our currency system is imminent. It may not even be probable. Anyone who opens his eyes, though, must realize that its reasonably possible. This isnt some fatalistic paranoia. It happened to Germany in the earlier parts of the twentieth century, and to Argentina and Mexico and more in the latter half. It could happen to us. Each day you pull out a piece of paper with the head of George Washington or Ben Franklin emblazoned upon it, think for a moment. Consider that some day, the person youre handing that slip of paper to might look at it, and laugh.
For the moment I insist on holding out hope. I remain devoted to those virtues that I feel this nation was founded upon. At the same time, over the months and years to come, when I have a pile of change I might have added up and tossed into a savings account, I will instead look to the days price of silver. I will stand up for the United States, but I will learn all I can about the cultures, languages, and immigration laws of the European Union.
A wheelbarrow to buy bread? Or, why Im a just a bit disappointed about the events of the second of November.
Yesterday was a dark day for the United States of America, and for the world. I recall the mood of Americans on September 12, 2001. People robotically milled about their day-to-day activities, in shock and disbelief about the events of the previous day. As I wandered about campus, I could not help but notice the same atmosphere. Peoples backs slumped; the buzz of conversation usually present in the halls and courtyards was muted. I saw people embrace, crying. The looks in their eyes as they greeted each other with a hand gently on the others shoulder, lips tight, could only be described as mourning.
September Eleventh killed about three thousand people. In Iraq alone, since the American invasion, a recent report published in a British journal based on research done by John Hopkins and Columbia Universities, estimated the death toll at over 100,000.
Affixed to the overpasses on the highways, I saw two American flags displayed upside down. Below them, in large, black letters, hung a sign reading, help.
This isnt just a matter of disappointment at your favored candidate losing and the other guy winning. This is a catastrophic, world-changing event. Not just the events of the next four years were laid out today, for the upcoming administrations policies, uninhibited by the pressure of re-election, will make a series of decisions that could shape the course of America for the next generation.
This is the ruler who will replace up to three Supreme Court justices. This administration advocates the rescinding of the separation of church and State, supports unwinding decades of human and civil rights, and believes it is a wise step to protect us through the modification of the United States Constitution to enforce discriminatory prejudices. This is the man who will preside over the national debt exceeding ten trillion dollars. Thirteen zeroes, folks.
And some fifty-seven MILLION people cast their lots with him.
It is gut wrenching to know that this didnt happen randomly; this catastrophe is of our own making.
Is America doomed? I dont know. We will survive today, and we will survive tomorrow. The end of our Union is not inevitable -- just yet.
But this is the man that may end up replacing Alan Greenspan. As the worlds economic and political community shies away from us, we will now be accelerating research into new tactical nuclear devices, as well as deploying a multbilliondollar anti-Ballistic missile shield. Can each of those fifty-seven million people afford to pay ten thousand dollars a year from their own pockets to cover this administrations fiscal policies?
The party in power preaches that theyd rather leave the money of Americans in their own hands. I find it terribly ironic, then, that they are so willing to spend that of our children, and our grandchildren. Some day, the piper will come for his due. Sooner or later, someone will decide that perhaps they dont need to loan another trillion dollars to the United States. At some point, the government may pass the hat around the world and have it come back empty. Im not saying a complete collapse of our currency system is imminent. It may not even be probable. Anyone who opens his eyes, though, must realize that its reasonably possible. This isnt some fatalistic paranoia. It happened to Germany in the earlier parts of the twentieth century, and to Argentina and Mexico and more in the latter half. It could happen to us. Each day you pull out a piece of paper with the head of George Washington or Ben Franklin emblazoned upon it, think for a moment. Consider that some day, the person youre handing that slip of paper to might look at it, and laugh.
For the moment I insist on holding out hope. I remain devoted to those virtues that I feel this nation was founded upon. At the same time, over the months and years to come, when I have a pile of change I might have added up and tossed into a savings account, I will instead look to the days price of silver. I will stand up for the United States, but I will learn all I can about the cultures, languages, and immigration laws of the European Union.